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2414404 - Disclosure - Income Taxes Unrecognized Tax Benefits Table (Details)
(http://www.accretivehealth.com/role/IncomeTaxesUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsTableDetails)
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Income Taxes [Abstract]Period [Axis]
2011-01-01 - 2011-12-31
2009-01-01 - 2009-12-31
Income Taxes [Abstract]
 
 
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Excluding Amounts Pertaining to Examined Tax Returns [Roll Forward]
 
 
Unrecognized Tax Benefits
630,000  
 
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Increases Resulting from Current Period Tax Positions
190,000  
325,000  
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Increases Resulting from Prior Period Tax Positions
 
 
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Reductions Resulting from Lapse of Applicable Statute of Limitations
(10,000) 
 
Unrecognized Tax Benefits
810,000  
 
305,000